Reserve Bank of Australia
Statement of Liabilities and Assets
| $ million | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liabilities | Movement since previous Wednesday |
Assets | Movement since previous Wednesday |
||
| Capital And Reserve Bank Reserve Fund | 14,159 | - | Gold and foreign exchange[1] |
80,958 | 1,970 |
| Australian notes on issue | 74,068 | 63 | Australian dollar investments[2] | 89,629 | -1,114 |
| Exchange Settlement balances | 27,712 | -810 | Other assets (including clearing items) | 2,824 | -527 |
| Deposits (excluding Exchange Settlement balances) | 41,284 | -3,151 | |||
| Other liabilities | 16,188 | 4,227 | |||
| Total | 173,411 | 329 | Total | 173,411 | 329 |
| Summary historical data on the Bank's liabilities and assets are available in statistical table A1 – Liabilities and Assets – Summary on the Reserve Bank's web site. The Bank's liabilities and assets data are also provided on a more disaggregated basis in statistical table A1 – Liabilities and Assets – Detailed; this data is provided on a lagged basis of up to 4 months. | |||||
Footnotes
Gold and foreign exchange
Changes in this item reflect transactions of the following kinds:
a. the Bank's transactions in foreign exchange and foreign securities (including under repurchase agreements);
b. earnings on foreign currency investments; and
c. changes in the valuation of foreign currency and gold, and changes in the market prices of the Bank's holdings of foreign currency securities.
In the week to 9 August the rise mainly reflects item (a).
[1]
Australian dollar investments
Movements in this item reflect:
a. the Bank's transactions in securities (including under repurchase agreements) with the private sector;
b. earnings on securities and changes in valuation.
In the week to 9 August the fall mainly reflects item (a).
[2]